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People who are against collapsing the whole Social Security system with bogus marriages for survivor and spousal benefits. It's a transparent scam for money. Any two people can claim to be married for benefits. This affects employer paid benefits to spouse too. It's all about the money.
It's not bogus.
Why aren't opposite-sex marriages seen by you in this light, pray tell?
Call it a civil union and most Christians have no problem with it. Marriage is a sacrament in my religion so it it a holy thing. It is reserved for persons of the opposition sex. You want to give gay couples the same rights involving insurance, taxes, inheritance, and other legal situations just like heterosexuals, go for it.
Actually history proves that 'separate but equal' does not work.
In your faith, call it whatever you wish, but your beliefs cannot be allowed to affect the actual societal issue of legal marriage.
It looks like its a religious debate but its more about the fact many people are uncomfortable with changing an institution that has been in place for centuries in Western culture. Homosexuality and gay marriage as defined today has only really been in the open in the past 50 years, and as recently as 15 years ago, most people were against gay marriage. Gay marriage represents a huge shift in Western culture so its going to take some time before it will be accepted fully, and 100% of the people will likely never approve of it because there are always going to be people that hold to the Biblical view of marriage.
Equality for women is not Biblical. It also represented a HUGE shift in Western culture and is still not accepted fully, especially by conservative religious types.
Equality for women is not Biblical. It also represented a HUGE shift in Western culture and is still not accepted fully, especially by conservative religious types.
You are correct about Western culture. Women received the right to vote in this country almost 60 years after black males. Women's equality is very much a recent concept, and is still not accepted in much of the world. As for the Bible, all are equal under Christ; men, women, slave, free.
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